High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! + (pronounced Plus) is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, released through Atlantic Records on 9 September 2011. The album marks Sheeran`s commercial breakthrough, having previously released five EPs independently. Jake Gosling produced the majority of the album, with additional production by American hip hop producer No I.D.. Upon release, + debuted atop of the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales exceeding 102,000 copies. The album performed well on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 5, selling 42,000 copies. The album is the highest debut for a UK artist`s first studio album in the US since Susan Boyle`s I Dreamed a Dream.